Etiket: GHG
GHG reduction | The 2024 update will be less ambitious, warns Benoit Charette
(Quebec) The CAQ government wants to lower expectations regarding its next plan to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Posted at 6:07 p.m. Patrice Bergeron The Canadian Press The next update…
The United States decrees new standards to reduce GHG emissions from trucks
Joe Biden’s government continued its offensive on Friday to limit polluting emissions from the road transport sector, with the announcement of new standards this time targeting trucks, after cars last…
“The market” will determine Northvolt’s impact on GHG reduction, says Charette
The Minister of the Environment, Benoit Charette, admits to ignoring the repercussions of the Northvolt Six “gigafactory” project on the achievement of Quebec’s climate targets. “It’s the market that will…
GHG emissions still on the rise in 2022 in Quebec
Quebec’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions started to rise again in 2022. According to official estimates, 79 million tonnes of GHGs were emitted that year, a little more than the 77.6…
GHG emissions on the rise in 2022 in Quebec
(Quebec) Quebec’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are on the rise again in 2022. Posted at 7:40 a.m. Patrice Bergeron The Canadian Press According to official estimates, 79 million tonnes of…
Brussels wants to reduce its GHG emissions by 90% in 2040
Brussels published its climate roadmap for 2040 on Tuesday, outlining a “just” transition and “guaranteeing industrial competitiveness”, against a backdrop of growing resistance to environmental standards four months before the…
GHG emissions rebounded in Quebec in 2021
This is the beginning of a return of the climatic pendulum. After falling sharply in 2020, in the first pandemic year, polluting emissions in Quebec rebounded in 2021, accelerated by…
Steven Guilbeault’s hypothetical plan to cap GHG emissions from the fossil fuel industry
By unveiling his plan to cap greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the oil and gas sector, the federal Minister of the Environment, Steven Guilbeault, was very proud to point out…
No cap on GHG emissions from the fossil fuel industry before 2030
The cap on greenhouse gas emissions from the oil and gas industry promised in 2021 by the Trudeau government will not be imposed before 2030 and it provides the “flexibility”…
Does driving a car more slowly reduce GHG emissions?
Several readers of Courrier de la Planete asked us this question: Does driving your car more slowly reduce your GHG emissions? The short answer is yes, but not much compared…
Canada’s GHG emissions increased in 2022
Canada is still far from achieving its climate objectives for this decade. And more than ever, the balance sheet of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is weighed down by the growth…
California | A law will force large companies to disclose their GHG emissions
(Sacramento) Large companies, from oil and gas companies to retail giants, will have to disclose their direct greenhouse gas emissions as well as those from activities such as employee business…
[Entrevue] Preparing for the “GHG effect” in the artistic programming of the Festival Classica
The Classica Festival, launched on Thursday with a major choral concert, stands out this year with its lyrical division, the New Metropolitan Opera, inaugurated on Wednesday with a creation by…
GHG reduction | Quebec at 60% of its 2030 target
Désolé, votre navigateur ne supporte pas les videos Le gouvernement Legault a identifié et budgété 60 % des efforts lui permettant d’atteindre sa cible de réduction de gaz à effet de…
Quebec expects to reach 60% of its GHG emissions reduction target by 2030
With the sum of $9 billion that the Legault government has invested in the plan for a green economy (PEV), it believes it can achieve at least 60% of the…
Plan for a green economy | Quebec will force cement factories to reduce their GHG emissions
Cement factories will have to reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by will or by force, warns the Legault government, which will unveil this Friday the third “implementation plan” of…
GHG reduction | Biden administration bets on CO2 capture
(Washington) The government of Joe Biden announced a plan to reduce CO2 emissions on Thursday.2 gas and coal-fired power plants from 2030, much-awaited measures as part of the United States’…
Climate Change | Montreal’s GHG emissions on the rise
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the island of Montreal continued to rise in 2019, show the most recent inventories of the metropolis, as the second Montreal Climate Summit opens. Posted…
Vehicle GHG emissions | Quebec will submit two projects to raise standards
(Montreal) In less than two weeks, the Government of Quebec will submit two draft regulations aimed at raising the requirements of the zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) standard so that 2 million…
GHG reduction | The CDPQ refuses that the RBC sets absolute targets
(Montreal) The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), one of the shareholders of the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), opposes RBC publishing absolute greenhouse gas reduction targets .…